Manna is, according to the Bible, an edible substance which God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert during the 40-year period following the Exodus and prior to the conquest of Canaan.
The Gathering of the Manna by James Tissot
Pine branch with Marchalina hellenica honeydew
A tamarisk tree in the Negev Desert
Hoarfrost on grass lawn. Manna is described as white and comparable to hoarfrost in colour.
The Exodus is the founding myth of the Israelites whose narrative is spread over four of the five books of the Pentateuch.
Departure of the Israelites (David Roberts, 1829)
Israel in Egypt (Edward Poynter, 1867)
Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt by Charles Sprague Pearce (1877)
Moses parts the Red Sea (1907 print)